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skwir

A fast cross-platform file manager built with Rust and GPUI. Integrated preview for many files, tagging support and optional AI-powered organization.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

skwir is a file manager, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: tags and folders, hardware acceleration, Markdown support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Skwir is a free, open-source file manager for Windows, macOS and Linux, with instant previews, search, tags and built-in AI, that agents can drive too.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Integrated preview for many files, tagging support and optional AI-powered organization.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Skwir is written in Rust on gpui, Zed's GPU-accelerated toolkit.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “/agents.md The same page, as Markdown” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of skwir is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub skwir-org/skwir (Apache-2.0)

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